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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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from the Vette using the carputer I'm sitting out in front of my garage in the Vette cruising the CF on the carputer and decided it was time to try and make a post Hope it works
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:21 PM
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:22 PM
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Congrats Gary, it's working great!..
Very cool!...
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:27 PM
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:30 PM
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'Grats! Now post pics so we can drool over them.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:32 PM
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Oh man Gary... Way cool!! Can you show us some video from the rear camera?
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:36 PM
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by GB Vette
from the Vette using the carputer I'm sitting out in front of my garage in the Vette cruising the CF on the carputer and decided it was time to try and make a post Hope it works
You are able to do that, but hundreds still can't see pics, avatars, nor vendor ads since the upgrade....
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Scratch
Is this it now


COOL, I love it, that's what should happen to all computers

Oh wait... the forum needs 'em, I forgot.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:42 PM
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[QUOTE=Zilla]Show off

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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:50 PM
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Cool.

Let see the pics and details about what / how you did it.
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 09:58 PM
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Stickman81
Cool.

Let see the pics and details about what / how you did it.

My current carputer is pulled around in a trailer and yet has only five kilobytes of RAM (that's 5K, not 5M). Punched paper tape is the main form of data input, and the operator console is an electric typewriter. No screens, no cursor. The CPU runs at about 0.1 Mhz.
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it may be showing off but it's pretty cool
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 10:15 PM
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You say "first post"....as if you are going to do this on a regular basis?

What are you typing with? Virtual keyboard on the touchscreen?

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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 10:17 PM
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 10:25 PM
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I'm in the house now. Looks like it worked fine, a little slow but it worked

Here's all the the "Geek My Ride" threads describing how I did the carputer with pics

Episode 1
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Episode 6 and here

Thanks everyone
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 10:26 PM
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I can't believe it! You were outside in your car instead of inside watching 'American Idol'? What the hell is wrong with you? Get your priorities straight man! After all, their music is going to end up on your hard drive sooner or later...
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Old Apr 11, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me


You say "first post"....as if you are going to do this on a regular basis?

What are you typing with? Virtual keyboard on the touchscreen?

Just plugged in a regular old keyboard into the USB hub
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